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ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2020

Using protein engineering to understand and modulate aggregation.

Jessica S Ebo, Nicolas Guthertz, Sheena E Radford, David J Brockwell

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Review in Current opinion in structural biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. The effect of mutation on an aggregation-prone protein: An in vivo, in vitro, and in silico analysis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  15. Exploring amyloid oligomers with peptide model systems.Current opinion in chemical biology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jessica S EboAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Nicolas GuthertzAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Sheena E RadfordAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
David J BrockwellAstbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. Electronic address: D.J.Brockwell@leeds.ac.uk.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/M011151/1Wellcome Trust 204963Wellcome Trust 204963/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregation occurs through a variety of mechanisms, initiated by the unfolded, non-native, or even the native state itself. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of protein aggregation is challenging, given the array of competing interactions that control solubility, stability, cooperativity and aggregation propensity. An array of methods have been developed to interrogate protein aggregation, spanning computational algorithms able to identify aggregation-prone regions, to deep mutational scanning to define the entire mutational landscape of a protein's sequence. Here, we review recent advances in this exciting and emerging field, focussing on protein engineering approaches that, together with improved computational methods, hold promise to predict and control protein aggregation linked to human disease, as well as facilitating the manufacture of protein-based therapeutics.

Indexed as

Protein AggregatesAlgorithmsHumansModels, MolecularProtein EngineeringProteinsProtein AggregatesProteins

Identifiers

PMID32087409
PMCPMC7132541

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